Mikolas, Marmol ejected after Contreras injured on Happ’s backswing

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},”__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”ST. LOUIS — With a first-pitch temperature of 99 levels on Thursday night time, it took virtually no time for the Cubs and the Cardinals to get scorching with each other within the prime of the primary inning.nnNot lengthy after Ian Happ’s lengthy, looping backswing smacked Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras in the helmet and opened a wound that knocked him out of the game, starting pitcher Miles Mikolas threw a 94.3 mph fastball up and in to Happ on his first pitch following the harm. When Mikolas’ subsequent pitch hit Happ within the rear, the 4 umpires met on the infield grass and the Cards right-hander was ejected from the sport. Not lengthy after, St. Louis supervisor Oliver Marmol was ejected — the fifth time he was thrown out of a sport this season. The ejection was the primary of Mikolas’ MLB profession.nnAs he walked off the sphere, Mikolas traded barbs with gamers in Chicago’s dugout throughout the sphere. Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty additionally got here to the highest step of the dugout and motioned towards the screaming gamers within the Cubs’ dugout.nnContreras — who left the Cubs for the Cardinals final December upon signing a five-year, $87.5 million free-agent contract — was bleeding from the pinnacle after Happ’s bat struck him in the best facet of his helmet. Contreras was knocked over by the contact, however he by no means misplaced consciousness. Trainer Adam Olsen hurried out of the dugout and utilized strain on the reduce beneath Contreras’ hair to try to cease the bleeding.nnDakota Hudson relieved Mikolas and surrendered three first-inning runs, the primary of which was charged to Mikolas. Dansby Swanson walked with the bases loaded to pressure in a run, then Christopher Morel lined a two-run ground-rule double down the left-field line to offer the Cubs an early 3-0 lead.”,”sort”:”textual content”],”contentType”:”news”,”subHeadline”:null,”abstract”:”ST. LOUIS — With a first-pitch temperature of 99 levels on Thursday night time, it took virtually no time for the Cubs and the Cardinals to get scorching with each other within the prime of the primary inning.nNot lengthy after Ian Happ’s lengthy, looping backswing smacked Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras”,”tagline(“formatString”:”none”)”:null,”tags”:[“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”,”__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”john-denton”,”title”:”John Denton”,”type”:”contributor”,”__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-138″,”title”:”St. Louis Cardinals”,”team”:”__ref”:”Team:138″,”type”:”team”,”__typename”:”GameTag”,”slug”:”gamepk-717238″,”title”:”2023/07/27 chc@stl”,”type”:”game”,”__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”,”__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-571945″,”title”:”Miles Mikolas”,”person”:”__ref”:”Person:571945″,”type”:”player”,”__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-575929″,”title”:”Willson Contreras”,”person”:”__ref”:”Person:575929″,”type”:”player”],”sort”:”story”,”thumbnail”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/formatInstructions/mlb/vxdaozza1vg8peikaiyr”,”title”:”Miles Mikolas, Oliver Marmol ejected after Willson Contreras harm”}},”Team:138″:”__typename”:”Team”,”id”:138,”Person:571945″:”__typename”:”Person”,”id”:571945,”Person:575929″:”__typename”:”Person”,”id”:575929}}
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